Chapter 603: Diversion of Goods from the South to the North
Matou leads Fu Jingyou around.
Seeing Fu Jingyou stop on the overpass to look at the street, Ma Tou turned around and shouted:
"Go faster, if it's a little later, all the good sellers will be gone!"
< br>Fu Jingyou withdrew his gaze, picked up his things and followed him.
The stall is near the train station.
After crossing the overpass, it’s a short ten-minute walk.
Fu Jingyou was walking halfway when he heard noisy sounds and miscellaneous bargaining sounds.
“Comrade, please make it cheaper. I’ll return it next time!”
“It’s too cheap to be cheap... If you want to get thirty or fifty pieces, I can still apply them to you. Zero, just these three or five pieces, I gave them to you on credit at this price... Just take a look and take it if you want, don’t go to someone else’s house.”
"This, this... OK, bring me five pieces."
A long row of three floors came into view, like an enlarged version of a department store in northern Beijing.
There is a small door curtain shop outside on the first floor, and there are also hawkers dressed similar to Ma Tou, selling bulk goods with snakeskin bags on the floor.
“Don’t just look outside, there’s something else inside.”
Fu Jingyou turned his eyes and nodded, unable to see clearly.
Walking along the road, you can see everything for sale.
Such as stationery, toys, pots and pans, as well as bundles and bundles of various colored fabrics, clothing and trousers, shoes and socks, cotton threads, etc.
As the New Year approaches, there are many people selling New Year pictures, red lanterns, and red candles.
“Are these available for purchase?”
“No, it’s not that blatant.”
Ma Tou waved his hand, walked close to him and pointed to some shop doors and said:
"Look at that shop, and that shop...the door knockers or the shelves at the door have red ropes wrapped around them and red ribbons hung on them. It just means that you can batch the goods. This is a slang in the industry and I don’t tell most people.”
Fu Jingyou smiled and nodded, patting him on the shoulder with gratitude.
Ma Tou is an honest guy at heart.
I just got five yuan, and there is a reward for unity at the back. A total of more than ten yuan is not small money.
When you get money, you have to do practical things for people.
Ma Tou was dedicated and tried his best to guide Fu Jingyou.
Racking his brains along the way, Ma Tou told Fu Jingyou all the things he had found out in the past six months:
"There are a lot of things here. If you are not sure what business you want to do, just start Take a closer look and make sure you are right... If you just bought it, small items will definitely be more stable. Although you don’t make much money as a trader, you can’t lose money either.”
“The stall owners here usually offer discounts on small items over fifty, and large items like pants and ready-made clothes. Yes, you can get a discount or a small change for fifteen or twenty items.”
"When you have something you like, you must be polite when talking to people. Only when the relationship is good will things go smoothly."
"Yes."
Fu Jingyou nodded.
When I was in my hometown of Nanhu Town, I visited the black market many times.
He is still aware of some general "rules" in business.
The buildings of this era are generally different from the skyscrapers of the future.
Windows are ordinary square windows with limited size and limited number of regional distributions.
There are many people and goods in the building, and most of the windows are blocked.
The air is barely circulated, and there are so many people walking in it, and there is some unspeakable smell.
The lights are on indoors during the day, but even so, the light is still dim.
"Downstairs is full of miscellaneous knick-knacks, and the upstairs should be more concentrated."
Ma Tou carried a snakeskin bag in one hand and pointed casually with the other as he introduced to Fu Jingyou:
"Downtown A young and pretty student here My sister likes to come here to shop for goods during the holidays. It’s cheap and doesn’t require a ticket~”
“Don’t need a ticket?”
“Yes, it only started in September last year. .”
"Are buying clothes and cloth the same?"
Ma Tou nodded and affirmed:
"They are all the same."
Fu Jingyou raised his eyebrows and glanced around I looked more carefully.
There is a new policy here, don’t post votes.
At this stage in Beijing, whether buying ready-made clothes or buying cloth alone to make clothes, cloth tickets are indispensable. If you don't want to post tickets, then this is a solid way to make money.
Fu Jingyou had some ideas, but he was worried that the price of buying and selling things would be very expensive if he didn’t post tickets, so he kept silent for the time being.
I looked around twice at the shops upstairs and downstairs to get a rough idea of what exactly they sell, what designs and colors each sells, and what their quality is.
Fu Jingyou started walking around for the third time.
Ma Tou was so tired that his feet were soft, so he pulled him and said:
"No, take a rest, take a rest! I'm starving to death, I've already passed my lunch hour!"
Fu Jingyou realized that he was also a little hungry.
Looking at the watch, it was almost three o'clock in the afternoon.
After thinking briefly for a second, Fu Jingyou pulled up his hair and squeezed into the crowd again:
"Watch it again, and I'll treat you to a meal when you're done."
You should also set aside some time to find a place to stay.
You can just rest anywhere and deal with it.
This time I have a lot of money, so it’s better to find a decent place to live.
Fu Jingyou has some impressions of the colors he has seen before.
This time around, the main purpose is to reconfirm which shops can provide batches of goods.
While wandering around, Fu Jingyou went up to inquire about something he liked.
He said the same thing and was polite.
I was accompanied by someone who occasionally helped me speak Cantonese.
Every shop owner sees him as a knowledgeable insider who comes to buy goods, so his quotations are honest.
For example, some very thick cotton cloths cost 30 cents per foot in department stores in northern Beijing.
Here they sell by the meter, 50 cents per meter.
The more you buy, the cheaper it will be.
For example, if it is more than 50 meters, it is 45 cents, and if it is more than 100 meters, it is 40 cents.
Of course, this is under the premise of having a ticket.
Fu Jingyou learned deeply from the communication with the store owner that what Ma Tou said about not issuing tickets actually meant that issuing tickets was not strictly needed.
Without cloth tickets, the price is five points more expensive.
Most people who want to buy goods can't afford so many cloth tickets, so retail investors can buy them for themselves at a cheaper price.
Fu Jingyou’s mind was racing.
Five cents more expensive is also appropriate.
One meter is equal to three feet. In addition to the ticket, Jingbei Department Store also charges an additional 30 cents.
Even if calculated based on the price in a department store, if goods are transferred from the south to the north, if you take this thing back, you can make 40 cents per meter in price difference.
If you don’t need a ticket, the price can be even higher.
The quality of the fabric is very good, it feels soft and warm, so there is no need to worry about selling it.
After chatting for a long time, the shop owner asked:
"How's it going? How much do you want?"
Fu Jingyou raised his chin at Ma Tou and said with a smart smile:
"I'll discuss it with my brother."
"That's okay. .”
The shop owner nodded, not caring much.
Once a hawker takes too much goods, he will occasionally worry that he will not be able to sell them.
After all, the Guangzhou area has relatively sufficient resources.
But the shop owner is different.
There are so many hawkers entering the industry every day, and there is no need to worry about no one coming to buy the goods in the shop.
Under such circumstances, it is not ruled out that some shop owners will have the idea of displaying salted fish.
What Fu Jingyou and the others encountered happened to be a salted fish.
If the customer wants to buy, the shop owner is naturally willing to sell.
It doesn’t matter if the customer doesn’t buy it.
Business is all about luck.
It is better to make money with peace of mind than to buy and sell by force.
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